Yuhan Su Sextet: 101st Cal Tjader Birthday Celebration
About This Event
The Yuhan Su Sextet brings "A Cal Tjader Birthday Celebration" to Dizzy's Club, revisiting the vibraphonist’s repertory that bridged Afro‑Cuban and Brazilian rhythms with small‑group jazz. The sextet’s arrangements emphasize groove and ensemble balance, with solos placed in clear, conversational relief. The program foregrounds Tjader’s preference for clean lines and restraint over display.
About the Artists
Yuhan Su Sextet
Yuhan Su Sextet is a jazz ensemble heard in New York City at Dizzy’s Club, working in the overlap between modern jazz language and Latin-derived rhythms. The group’s project “A Cal Tjader Birthday Celebration” draws on the repertoire and hybrid sensibility associated with vibraphonist Cal Tjader, a figure who bridged Afro-Caribbean and Latin American idioms with small-group jazz.
Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader was an American vibraphonist and bandleader whose work helped define the bridge between Latin dance traditions and modern small-group jazz. Though not Latino, he built a repertory grounded in Afro-Cuban and Brazilian rhythms, filtered through cool-jazz phrasing and a drummer’s sense of time.